Stem plant
Gentianaceae, centaury.
Medicinal drug
Centaurii herba – Centaury: Centaury consists of the whole or cut, dried, aerial parts of flowering plants of Rafn. (PhEur).
Preparations
Centaurii extractum ethanolicum liquidum
Ingredients
- Bitters: secoiridoid glycosides: swertiamarin, gentiopicroside, swertoside.
- Polymethoxylated xanthones
- Flavonoids, phenolic carboxylic acids, triterpenes, others.
Effects
cf. gentian
- Amarum purum: bitter agent
- Stimulation of gastric juice and saliva secretion.
- Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic
Indications
- Loss of appetite
- Dyspeptic complaints
Dosage
Take half an hour before meals, as an infusion, average daily dose 6 g.
